Stay healthy beyond the MENOPAUSE

Here’s an interesting thought – good luck and good health willing, you could live half your life in menopause. But how many of us know much about it? Or what we can do to improve our health during it?

‘The whole process doesn’t happen abruptly,’ says gynaecologist and menopause expert Dr Anne Henderson. ‘It starts with the perimenopause, in your mid to late 40s, when oestrogen levels start to decline. Many women don’t imagine they’re menopausal and they’re often misdiagnosed with depression, thyroid problems